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Terror suspect incompetent - doc

Terror suspect Aafia Siddiqui is not competent to stand trial, a court-appointed psychiatrist said. Judge Richard Berman still plans to hold a hearing Wednesday to find out whether Siddiqui could participate in court...

The Honey Trap: The True Story of Madame Elizabeth Brousse, AKA "Cynthia" (Part 1)

17-Nov-2008

Here is the unseen side of the Second Washington Conference, in June 1942, a little studied, hastily convened and seemingly failed meeting between President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. This...

Showing of strength: Dance performances feature Butoh, contemporary

ASHEVILLE – Two upcoming international dance performances — one contemporary, the other in the Japanese Butoh style — celebrate strength under adversity. Butoh The performance “Mariposa” is the result of a two-year...

Avon-Based Company Helps To Distribute Absinthe, Once Banned In U.S.

Vincent van Gogh, Ernest Hemingway and Pablo Picasso all drank absinthe, a supposedly hallucinogenic liquor popularized in Europe in the late 1800s. But until last year, absinthe had been banned for nearly a century in the...

Caviezel Versus Jackson In Blown

Jim Caviezel is matching wits with Samuel L. Jackson in Blown, an espionage thriller from director Martha Fiennes. Hmm, so it's the former Jesus Christ against the former Jedi Master Mace Windu - it's a battle of the religious...

Five infamous female spies

Elizabeth Van Lew pretended to be crazy so no one would take her seriously Belle Boyd passed on information to the Confederate forces Sarah Edmonds fought and spied as a man during the Civil War Exotic dancer Mata Hari...

Former Heublein Execs Make Spirited Case For Absinthe

Once banned for nearly a century for its purported dangerous hallucinogen effects, absinthe is now making a comeback in the United States with the help of two former Heublein executives. Sean O'Leary Steven Raye and Jeff...

Casino Royale Collector's Edition

Recommended Reviewed by Glenn EricksonAlmost six years to the day, MGM has reissued Casino Royale, the original 1967 007 spoof that turns the spy craze into a big Technicolor party. Five directors, twenty name stars and a...